Our last book of the academic year is the memoir Educated, by Tara Westover.
In Westover’s bestselling book, we find a journey from home-schooled, rural, Idaho to a PhD in History at Cambridge. The book navigates fundamentalist Mormon parenting, violence, and life-changing injury, along with the wonder, beauty, and personal cost of the truth about past and present. While Westover’s story is extraordinary, its themes – of the complexity of family belonging, the personal challenge of education, and the existential turmoil of new ideas – are universal.
To borrow a copy of Educated for our May meet, please email Chaplaincy@ed.ac.uk.
